選擇正確的量詞
在回答「How much」和「How many」的問句時，有些量詞必須接可數名詞（如 friends、cups、people），有些則必須接不可數名詞（如 sugar、tea、money），也有幾種不限名詞可不可數。
| 只接不可數名詞 | 可接所有類型的名詞 | 只接可數名詞 |
|---|---|---|
| a little | no, none, not any | a few |
| a bit of | some | a number of |
| any | several | |
| a great deal of | a lot of, lots of | a great number of |
| a large amount of | plenty of | a large number of |
舉例
- Would you like some tea and a few cookies?
- I always put a little milk and some carrots in my soup.
- He has several apples. I don't have any fruit at all.
- She has plenty of clothes for the winter.
- I recieved a large amount of feedback from my survey.
much 和 many 的用法
much 和 many 主要用在疑問句和否定句上。在肯定句和否定句上，這些量詞也會和 too 和 so 一起連用。注意：many 這個字可以單獨用在肯定句，但 much 不能。在肯定句中，much 會被 a lot of 或 lots of 取代（這些詞也可取代 many）。
| 不可數名詞 | 可數名詞 |
|---|---|
| How much sugar do you have? | How many people came to the concert? |
| There's not much sugar at the store. | Not many people came to the concert. |
| I have too much sugar at home. | There were too many people at the concert. |
| I don't know what to do with so much sugar. | It's a problem when there are so many people. |
| I wish there was not so much sugar here. | There were not so many people last year. |
| There is a lot of sugar in candy. | There are many people who want to come. = There are a lot of people who want to come. |